I drove over to Orlando to visit my mother for Thanksgiving, but I took I-4 and did not drive my Falcon. The speed limit is 70 mph. I was in the middle lane driving 78 mph. A Toyota Corolla was passing me on my right while the cars to my left were blowing past at probably 90.
There is nothing wrong with my Falcon. It will buzz along comfortably at 60 - 65 mph all day long, and to me that seems perfectly acceptable. But, driving that speed on the Interstate now will get you killed.
Check out this accident that happened here last week. The guy was driving his Impala on I-75 at 60 mph in daylight, but even at that speed he felt that he was driving so slow that he had his emergency flashers on. Despite all that, a woman still rear-ended him so hard that it knocked him off the road and caused the car to flip over.
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I started driving my first car, a 1963 six-cylinder Falcon wagon, in 1977, and drove another six cylinder Falcon in the mid 1980's. I drove those cars on the Interstate all the time and do not remember a problem. But, the National 55 mph speed limit was in effect then (1974 - 1986). Everyone pushed it, but it still kept most of the traffic to about 60 - 65 mph.
With the way things are now, I will keep my little Falcon on State Highways and out of the path of the 90 mph lunatics on the Interstate.
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